Improvement in wardrobes



2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

4 Patented ,un a No. 9 n

UNITED STATES PATENT GEEIGE.

MICHAEL DOYLE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WARDROBES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 204,956, dated June 18,1878; application filed December 5, 1877.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MICHAEL DOYLE, of the city and county of San Francisco, and State of California, have invented an Improved Wardrobe or Clothes-Guard; and I do hereby declare the following specification to v be a full, clear, and exact description thereof,

reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

My invention relates to a novel construction for a clothes-guard or wardrobe which may be both fixed and portable; and it consists in the detail of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of the wardrobe. Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross-section. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the wardrobe removed from the wall.

A A are the walls of a room, forming an angle, as shown, and B is the base-board.

In the formation of my clothes-guard I employ two triangular pieces,C C, having the angle D slightly obtuse, so as to insure aiit in any corner which may be selected. These pieces form the top and bottom of the device, andare united by the narrow vertical boards or strips E E, one iittin g into the corner, while the others serve as casings for the door F. A short strip, G, is secured at the top upon each of the sides, so as to be along the wall ofthe room, inside the wardrobe, and these strips support hooks upon which clothing is hung. The lower triangle C rests upon or just above the base-board B, and as this varies in depth in different rooms, I have made a hinged door or iiap composed of two parts, H and I, which serve to cover the space below the iioor of the wardrobe. These part-s may be adjusted by screwing them together, so as to make a deep or shallow door and iill the depth of any baseboard.

The edges of the vertical strips and casings E and the ends ofthe flap-door are beveled, so that the device may be symmetrically tted to its place. As there is always a stud or upright in the corner of every room, it will be easy to secure my portable guard or wardrobe by a single screw, which passes 'through the rear strip E into the stud, thus making it a fixture for the time.

The parts are all put together by screws, so as to be easily dismounted for transportation, and by my method of construction I am enabled to employ the walls of the room to serve as the sides of a clothes-guard or wardrobe, which is at the same time portable, and may be removed without the trouble of packing or transporting sides for it.

I am aware that triangular wardrobes have heretofore been made adapted to iit into the corners of a room, and hence do not broadly claim any one device shown; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

A portable clothes-guard or wardrobe composed of the parts C E and the door F, as shown, and provided with the adjustable iiap H I, to close upon and fit dierent base-boards, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

MICHAEL DOYLE.

2 Sheets-Sheet I.

E DURAND Brick and Tile` Machine.

No. 204,957. Patented lune 1a, 1878.

Witness@ 

